RAIDERS OF THE BREADALBANE

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FILM THURSO
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RAIDERS OF THE BREADALBANE

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Have a look at our latest page on our website. A thrilling 3 day adventure clinging to beams and climbing shakey ladders to rediscover the lost era of the Breadalbane Cinema, Pultneytown, Wick.
http://pic1.piczo.com/thursopicturehous ... 44210&cr=1
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What now? You don't say what the fate of this building will be. Demolition? Restoration? Interesting tour, thanks.

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The fate alas is unkown. Whilst Wick is receiving a lot of futile regeneration schemes in a county with a hollow economy there are no likely takers for this building. There had been a hope on the final Friday that some of the committee would split and take over to continue but low membership (a stranger to us film makers :shock: ) seems to have scuppered that.
Perhaps, and this wuld be ironic, if the council took over the building and restored it, it would be a far more proctical size of community venue for Wick than the great ark along the road called the Assembly Rooms which in itself requires serious renovation work and upgrading to meet modern health and safety standards. The Caithness District council originally bought the Breadalbane after it closed in 1962 and partly converted is for dances and functions.
Whilst there isn't enough room for a cinema in Wick as well as Thurso at this time, due to the socio-economic situation of the county, it would still be an oportunity to see it's return which Wickers would most certainly welcome. Perhaps using it as an arts centre might make it suitable for such in the years to come.
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